Posts by shawnajean

I wrote an article about anarchy that’s featured online as part of Swindle Magazine’s “politics issue.” I wrote it so long ago I’d forgotten what I wrote. Hope it makes sense. With the election coming up on Tuesday and all this talk about “scary socialism” and Marxism, the timing of this seems pretty perfect. Special thanks to political scientist Shira Tarrant for lending her expertise. Art by Banksy.

In the article, I examine whether anarchy can exist within the supposedly democratic and capitalistic borders of the United States.

Was honored to be featured as a guest blogger during Banned Books Week by the Haphazard Gourmet Girls. (Wow, there were a lot of prepositions in that sentence and I’m too lazy to edit. Can you tell I’ve been grading papers?) Kudos to the Gehman grrrls for their food activism, especially regarding the contaminated Chinese products.

An excerpt from the entry is below. Click here to visit the Haphazard Gourmet Girls’ website and read the rest.

A singular problem Ms. Kenny faced during her Dom days: She’s a vegan, and refused to wear the leather corset that is de rigueur Dominatrix gear. Her solution? A corset made of the politically correctpolyvinyl chloride fabric known as pleather, because, y’know, she was veryprincipled. I Was a Teenage Dominatrix was nominated by Independent Magazinein the Most Likely to be Banned category in its first printing, and has gone on to many printings, here and abroad. The book is frequently removed from school libraries, and whether this is done by enthusiastic fans or disapproving censors is a question of ongoing debate…

The beautiful Soy Shawna was created by an artist friend of mine, Tony Mech. Visit Tony’s website here.